Built by Jehovah’s Hand

lyricist: Joseph Proud (1745–1826)
Composer: Aaron Williams, 1770

Built by Je­ho­vah’s hand

The ho­ly ci­ty see:

Its hap­py gates wide op­en stand:

To en­ter all are free.

One bright

eter­nal day

Shall in the ci­ty reign

Darkness and death are fled away

Ne’er to re­turn again.

O bless­èd

hap­py state!

Great God

we thank­ful come

Low at Thy foot­stool hum­bly wait

And make Thy church our home.

Jerusalem shall be

Our peace­ful

blest ab­ode:

Here we will love and hon­or Thee

Our Sav­ior and our God!

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